| Nilgiri Tarenna |
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| File size | 551436 |
| Original date | 5/11/25 4:02 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 146.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/50s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DC-FZ10002 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Tarenna nilagirica Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Synonyms: Ixora nilagirica, Pavetta nilagirica, Webera nilagirica
Synonyms: Ixora nilagirica, Pavetta nilagirica, Webera nilagirica
Nilgiri Tarenna is a shrub with young branches
velvet-hairy, leaves obovate-lanceshaped with a tapering tip, 10-22 x
3.7-6 cm, velvet-hairy beneath, nerves 12-15 pair, leaf-stalk 1.2 cm,
stout. Stipules are shortly triangular. Flowers are borne in small
stalkless few-flowered cymes which are velvet-hairy. Flowers are 4-5 cm
long, shortly stalked, white, similar to Ixora flowers, but with 5
petals. Flower tube is narrow, much longer than the petals, stvle
hairless, stigma very slender. Sepal-cup is obconic, teeth short broad.
Nilgiri Tarenna is native to Southern Western Ghats, Karnataka and
Kerala.
| Identification credit: Arun Kumar N. | Photographed in Malandur, Karnataka. |
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